n
o, m. (amar)
ambrán,
PH 889
.
singing, song:
esnad
.i. abhran,
O'Dav. 777
.
a.¤ sin na mban,
Metr. Dinds. ii 30.61
.
bind re hÍsu a amran
,
Gorm. May 9
. feras amran frim
dá droch which sings against my two wheels,
O'Mulc. 350
(
LL 275a3
). Prov. is a.¤ ri cruit cen chéis / sinni . . . i.e.
we are like a ship without a rudder,
LU p. 22 note c
(
AFM i
216
). do-gní a.¤
:
ní fiu trompa mar gní sé an t-abrán,
O'Gr. Cat. 617.4
.
dorinneadar abhrán orm,
Psalms lxix 12
. Of poems
composed in `
amrán
' metre (as oppd. to dán díreach):
is é
an t-abhrán ro fhalaigh / a n-éadáil a n-ealadhain / do sgar
an daghdhán re a dhath / abhrán ban ┐ bachlach,
Magauran
3664
.
léigthear le cách ollaimh Éireann / uatha ar amhrán,
TD 34.5
. As vn.
act of singing, chanting:
nobítís ic ámrán ┐
ic dúchund,
TTr.² 1086
.
buidne d'anglib . . . bīt ic amrān
,
BColm. 30.8
.